U+10605 "𐘅" Linear A Sign Ab006 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐘅

U+10605 "𐘅" Linear A Sign Ab006 is a symbol from the ancient Linear A script, which was used on the island of Crete during the Minoan civilization, primarily from roughly 1800 to 1450 BCE. This particular sign, cataloged as AB006 in scholarly classifications, represents a syllabic value that remains undeciphered, as Linear A has not yet been fully translated and does not correspond to any known language. The character appears in administrative and religious inscriptions on clay tablets and other artifacts, where it likely denotes a specific syllable or word part, but its exact phonetic or semantic meaning is still unknown to researchers. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and facilitate digital study of this rare script, highlighting both its historical significance and the ongoing mystery surrounding Minoan writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+10605
Version Added 7.0
Name Linear A Sign Ab006
Block Linear A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐘅
HTML Hex Encoding 𐘅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x98 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDE05
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010605
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\ude05

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Linear A
Script Extensions Linear A
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter